We began our journey of Buddhism at the Vietnamese temple in London and gradually a group of westerners started coming to the temple in 2004.

A Buddhist Monk by the name of Venerable Thay Thong Tri started coming to the temple to offer Dharma talks. He was a great teacher and many people would come to the temple to hear his talks.

He lived in Tweed and had a meditation centre called the Zen Forest.

We got to know him well and organized many retreats around London and Grand Bend for him.

He became ill and could not travel to London anymore. He encouraged us to start a sangha which means a group of people who want to practice together. We lived in a condo at Fanshawe Park Road and the community there let us use their space for our sangha 2008

After a few years we opened the Wisdom Teashop on Dundas Street and moved the Sangha there. We began to study with Thich Nhat Hanh in 2009. Everyone so enjoyed his teachings.

Vicky studied in Toronto with a Dharma Teacher and the Mindfulness Peace community in Toronto and was ordained as a member of the Order of Interbeing in 2014 in Plum Village in France.The Sangha is now recognized as a part of long line of linage in the tradtion of Thich Nhat Hanh.

The Wisdom Teashop is now the Wisdom Cafe and the sangha practices meditation across the street at 637 Dundas Street Unit 4 and is called The Wisdom Mindfulness Community. We practice every Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 - all are welcome.